Utah Trophy Elk Hunt

[bearpaw]

One of my guides is guiding a limited entry elk hunt in Utah tomorrow. Wanted to be there myself but had too many bear hunters to leave....I will hopefully be posting up some good photos soon.....they have an estimated 370 spotted and going after him in the morning....

[couesbitten]

Bearpaw, what unit are they hunting in down there? Can't wait to see the pics.

[bearpaw]

book cliffs....but not the roadless....the roaded area always produces 320+ for us. I honestly have never seen a 400 in that area though. It was in the roadless area that Moss got the 400+.

[Craig]

Post pictures if they get one. I will be hunting bulls in the Fishlake in November.

[bearpaw]

I will post if they get one....the hunter is going to be very selective and says he is looking for 360 plus only, they are there, but not a lot of them go over 350. So far the 3 best bulls spotted scouting are 370ish, 350ish, 340ish. I am pretty sure I was on the 370 two years ago when he was a 360ish with a broken point, but got busted when the wind swirled. We only had a couple days to hunt and we had to settle for a 325+ on the second day, wasn't too bad for a muzzleloader bull. The 370ish bull is in the exact same spot this year.....

I don't know the fishlake area....what's that area usually produce?

[huntnphool]

Are they using rifles this time of year over there?

[Craig]

I'm going with a guide and he said 320-350 it pretty typical bulls for them with some 350+ bulls running around.

I think Utah started the late hunts in 2006. The guides have taken at least one hunter every year on this hunt and they are 100% on bulls over 330+. Last year they got a 355 bull. I hope I don't break the pattern of success.

Maybe there will be a lost bull wondering around and I can find him.

[shag]

I'm headed to Utah for muzzleloader bucks 2010!!  I was born there.  Been a dream of mine for along time to put a tag on a big mulie from my birth state!!

[Bigshooter]

Are they using rifles this time of year over there?

Early rifle season started the 12th this year and ends the 20th.

[bearpaw]

Yes it is a rifle hunt.

They looked at some good mature bulls today but nothing close to the 360 mark that the hunter is looking for.....

Tomorrow is another day......hopefully the big boy shows up again....

[Wyoming08]

I'm headed to Utah for muzzleloader bucks 2010!!  I was born there.  Been a dream of mine for along time to put a tag on a big mulie from my birth state!!

Ya your dang right we are going shag. We'll see how you do up in the high hunt this year, if you don't get eaten by all those bears.
Monticello here we come brother.

[Wyoming08]

Yes it is a rifle hunt.

They looked at some good mature bulls today but nothing close to the 360 mark that the hunter is looking for.....

Tomorrow is another day......hopefully the big boy shows up again....

My bro-in law and his brother and friends are scouting for the this years governors tag holder. Everyone hates moss down there.  Utah is the place for 400+ bulls.

[bearpaw]

Which units are they scouting in? Quite a few units have produced 400+ bulls.

I know everybody hates Moss, one reason is that he is effective and I don't fault a guy for that, I respect that, but I have heard a few stories of blocking roads and stuff like that which isn't right at all if it is true.

[bearpaw]

Still no bull.....passed numerous 320 to mid 340's. Heard from other hunters that a 370's was killed the last day of archery season in the same canyon that we were hoping to kill the 370 I had mentioned earlier. We are running out of time, may have to go back after the mid 340's bull......

[bearpaw]

my guide called and they killed a 345-350 bull today. Was the best bull they had crosshairs on and the guy is happy with the bull so all is good.....will post pics after I get them.